Window construction



July 23, 1929. y F. BOR'EQKY 1,721,852

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed April 16, 1928 into a room, for facilitating the cleaning' Patented July 23, 1929.

UNITED ySTAT p N T ,F F l CE WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed April 16, 1928. Serial N'o. 270,365.

This invention relates to improvements in window construction, and it is the principal object of my invention to provide a window allowing the sashes and windows to be swung thereof and for Ventilating purposes, besides allowing their customary up and down sliding movements.

Another object of my invention is the pro vision of a window of simple and inexpensive construction. yet durable and eiiicient in op eration. v

A further object of my invention is the provision of a window construction which may V readily be secured to any of the. windowv frames for instance metal frames of fire-proof buildings without requiring material changes from the present construction.

A still further Object of my invention is the provision of a window construction for so-called French windows allowing a swinging of the window out of a room and into the same, as the case may be, and which in substance is based on the principle of the swinging sashes.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be specifically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is the front view of a window constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof seen along arrows 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1 with upper window partly lowered.

As illustrated on the drawings, the window comprises the usual frame 10 in which an upper sash 11 and a lower sash 12 are sliding in the usual well known manner by means of weights 13 at the ends of cables 14 guided over pulleys 15, and secured at their other ends to the upper and lower sash respectively.

To the inner side faces of the frame are attached metal plates 16, 17, having their inner ends attached thereto by means of fastening means 18 passing through strips 19 and plates 16, 17 into the frame.

Intermediate their ends the plates 16, 17 are formed into guides 20, 21 and at their outer ends they are bent to form guides 22, 23 while the extreme ends of the plates are embedded into the frame, as at 24, 25.

Between the guides 22 and 20 a metal sleeve 2 6, preferably formed as shown in cross-section in Figure 3, is slidably guided, while a similar metal sleeve 27 is guided for sliding up and down movement between guide 2() and strip 19.

To the outer faces of the sleeves 26, 27 are secured by suitable fastening means 28, and 29 respectively plates 30, 31, firmly secured to the inner faces of sashes 11 and 12 respectively containing the window panes 32, 33, and suitable push buttons may be provided for allowing a convenient swinging out and in of the window sashes for instance into the positions indica-ted in Figure 2.

The operation of my window construction will be entirely clear from the above description by simultaneous inspection of the drawings. In the construction illustrated the sashes 11 and 12 can slide up and down in the customary well known manner together with their sleves in the guides attached to a Window frame, under the balancing action of the usual sash weight cable and pulley arrangement, while they may also be swung about said pivots 28, 29, into a room for facilitating a cleaning of the windows with safety and for Ventilating purposes.

It will be clear from the above description that I have presented a window construction of great merit and it is to be understood that while I have disclosed as examples the preferred forms of my construction only, I may make such changes in the general arrangement and in the construction of the minor details thereof as come within the scope of the appended claims without departure from the spirit of my invention and the principles involved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 4 1. In a window construction of the class described, a frame, a plate secured to the inner oppositely disposed faces of said frame` guides formed with said plate at one end and in the center thereof, a guide stop for securing the lower end of said plate to said frame, t-he upper angularly bent end embedded into said frame, a 'metal sleeve guided between said upper guide and said central guide on said plate, and a. metal sleeve guided between said center guide and said guide strip, sashes,

plates secured to their inner faces, and means for pivotally attaching said plates and sashes to said metal sleeves to participate in their up and down sliding motion between said guides and allowing` a swinging of said sashes about their pivots.

2. The combination of a window frame with metal plates adapted to be attached to the opposite inner faces of said frames, guides on the inner faces of said plates, metal sleeves arranged for up and down movement between said guides, balancing weights and' cables for 'facilitating said up and down movement, a pair of window sashes, plates secured to the inner rear edges thereof, pivot pins attaching said plates of the sashes to said guides allowing a swinging of said sashes about the pivot pins into a room for cleaning and ventilating purposes and a participation of the window sashes in the up and down movement of said metal sleeves under the influence of said balancing Weights, and means for locking the Window.

3. In a window construction o'l' the class described, metal plates attached to the inner side faces of the window frame, means 'for securing the inner ends of said plates to said frame, guides formed with said plates intermediate the ends thereof, the outer ends ot said plates bent to form other guides and e1nbedded into the frame, a metal sleeve substan tially C-shaped in cross section for the uppe-i` sash slidably guided by said iirst named guides, similar sleeves Jfor the lower sash guided in said secondly mentioned guides,

means for securing the sleeves to their respective sashes, said means constituting the pivot points for `swinging the upper and lower sash into a room, and means allowing an up and down movement oi' said sashes in the customary manner.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State ot' New York, this 10th day of April7 A. D. 1928.

FREDERICK BOREGKY4 

